On View
Not on viewLexington Common, Mass.
Artist
Keystone View Company
1892 - 1963
DateLate 1700s to Early 1800s
Terms
- Stereoscopic Photographs
- Ink
- Photograph
- Cardstock
- United States
Dimensions8.8 × 17.7 cm (3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Object number2024.19.2
DescriptionStereoview of the stone monument for the Line of the Minute Men. Monument is in the bottom right half of the image, and the Lexington Green and a two story house is in the center. Verso includes the description that begins, "This is historic ground. Here was fought the / first battle of the Revolutionary War. You will / recall that the British vessels in the spring of / 1775 were lying in Boston Harbor. The Colon- / ists were prepared to resist any attempt of the / Redcoats to seize their ammunition..."
Collections
- Photographs
Object number: 2024.19.1
Keystone View Company
Late 1700s to Early 1800s
Object number: 2006.015
Keystone View Company
ca. 1870
